also Brit  stan*dard*ise  vt, -ized  also Brit  -ised  -iz*ing  also Brit  -is*ing  1  :  to reduce to or compare with a standard < a solution>   2  :  to bring into conformity with a standard  3  :  to arrange or order the component items of a test (as of intelligence or personality) so that the probability of their eliciting a designated class of response varies with some quantifiable psychological or behavioral attribute, function, or characteristic stan*dard*iza*tion also Brit  stan*dard*isa*tion  n 
 
 
 
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